Difficult Situation in Kursk: 28 Settlements Under Ukrainian Military Control

Currently, there is a difficult situation in Russia's Kursk region. The Ukrainian armed forces have taken control of 28 settlements. This information was reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin by acting governor Alexey Smirnov.

According to Smirnov, authorities are unaware of the fate of 2,000 people living in these 28 settlements.

Smirnov reported that 12 civilians have died and 121 have been injured in the Kursk region, including 10 children. The Ukrainian armed forces have used chemical weapons in the Belovsky district of Kursk, affecting police officers and the village council head.

Approximately 180,000 people in the region are subject to evacuation, with 121,000 already having left and been evacuated. More than 2,000 residents of the border areas of the Kursk region, who have suffered from Ukrainian shelling, have received financial assistance. “We are making payments of 10,000 rubles. As of today, 2,100 citizens have received financial assistance, although 46,700 people have applied,” Smirnov clarified.

The official noted that patrols in the Kursk region have been strengthened to prevent possible looting. “Of course, there is a risk that diversionary groups are operating here with our uniforms, our vehicles, our documents, so we are strengthening patrols,” Smirnov said.

He added that there is no clear front line in the Kursk region, complicating the determination of the enemy's location. “The depth of the enemy's penetration into the Kursk region is 12 km, the front width is 40 km,” he announced.

It should be noted that the chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, had previously reported that on August 6, at 5:30 a.m., a group of about 1,000 people from the Ukrainian armed forces launched an offensive aimed at seizing territory in the Kursk region. The advance of the Ukrainian armed forces into Russian territory has been halted. The chief of the General Staff stated that the operation in the Kursk region would end when the enemy is defeated, and Russian troops will exit the Russian state border.

President Vladimir Putin, commenting on the situation in the Kursk region, stated that the Kiev regime has undertaken another large-scale provocation, firing indiscriminately, including at civilian targets. An anti-terrorist operation regime has been declared to ensure the safety of citizens in Kursk as well as Belgorod and Bryansk regions and to prevent threats of terrorism by Ukrainian diversionary reconnaissance formations.